MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
POVERTY OF AUTHORS. 
W Av .v {--v 4 \ /V tv \ Mrs. Inchbald, so well known as tlie author 
of the Simj^le Story, and other novels, as well 
roi t pru rimiMPfi-mT as in her ca P acit y of edit ? r - dra ^ d °, n ,- we 
CilLLEhil ULil.UliiUliliLA I. are t0 tbe a g e 0 f sixty, a miserable exis- 
-- _ tence, living always in mean lodgings, and suf- 
Tiie new college year is deemed to com- f er ing frequently for the common comforts of 
mence immediately at the close of the summer life. Lady Morgan, so well known as Miss 
term, and the beginning of the long vacation. Owenson, a brilliant and accomplished woman, 
It is at this time the graduating class re- 
is now dependent altogether upon the public 
charity, administered in the form of a pension 
. _ . . , i no „ v ^Utility, uuinniwicicu m tut. hkjilh j 
ceive their baccalaureate honors, the class be- of legg than $ 500 a year _ Mrs . Hemans, the 
low is advanced to the position of Seniors, the un i V ersally admired poetess, lived and died in 
Sophomore puts on Junior airs and dignity, poverty. Lam an Blanchard lost his senses and 
and the Freshman makes a lofty vault into committed suicide, in consequence of his being 
compelled, by his extreme poverty, to the ef- 
tlie seven-leagued boo s P * fort of writing an article for a periodical, 
It seems anomalous to an outsider, that the wbbe his wife lay a corpse in the house. Miss 
end of a college course, and the closing up of Milford, so well known to all of us, found her- 
the year should be called a commencement- but self, after a life of close economy, so greatly 
reduced as to have been under the necessity of 
if it is borne in mind, that i ic new ) JL fo - applying to her American readers for means to 
at the time the old one ends, the anomaly is easily ei tricate her little property from the rude 
accounted for. It is necessary to fix the time hands of the Sheriff. Like Lady Morgan, she 
casing. 
THE ELYING-FISH. 
A voyager to Brazil, “ the land of the cocoa 1 they have tlie power to rise and fall with the 
uj-o-vv., c*uv* —- o ^ imut ui ills ruuuurs uuu miuc ui wcaiiu ^ ~ . i , . n ■» _ , _ _• *,4. i;i_- 
are about to go forth into the world. It would h f s pub ii sh ers ; a man without vices, and of nights passed, or evenings closed in, without aside and pursue different couises ust like 
work a great hardship in their case to be call- untiring industry—lived always from day to some coming on board, allured by the cabin ; birds disturbed in a rice or wheat field. lie 
ed back at the beginning of the succeeding day on the produce ot In 
term, and hence all the ceremonies of closing 
the old year and beginning the new take place a gilver tubCj be was obli 
at the same time. with pillows, and with sli 
It is a gratifying evidence of the advance- head, force himself to tli 
ment of science and the progress of the people in hfu^happy'children. 
liberal arts and education, to witness the in¬ 
creased attention bestowed upon college com¬ 
mencements. In times past, the interests of forts of his declining years, were due to the 
such a ceremony were confined to a narrow charity of his friend Lord Lansdowne. In one 
_ . . , . t fmm f'Uvmn'hpll O.Y- 
day on the produce of his labor. On his death lights; and our engraving is a portrait of one distance they pass over varies with the impulse 
bed, when his lungs were so worn with con- 0 f ^ ie v jgitors. The writer (Prof. Ewbank) that rouses them. While some descend not 
sumption that he could breathe only through ceeds; f ar f rom you, others, more timid, dart far 
with pillows, and with shaking hand and dizzy “Flocks of from twenty to two hundred away. J heir ordinary flight is about two lmn- 
head, force himself to the task of amusing his spring up as the ship plow's in among them.— ; dred feet; but some proceed three or four 
readers, that he might thereby obtain bread They seem to take the air for pleasure, as w’ell times that distance. I have seen single fish 
for his unhappy children. ^ to esca p 6 danger; groups and individuals be- pass over three hundred yards. Kirby, Roget, 
With all his reputation, Moore found it dif- j no . observe( j leaping and making short trips, and other naturalists, who teach that the 
Af in mere wantQnuess. They fly low, seldom wiogs of flying-flsh a re only buoyant not pro- 
c.haritv of his friend Lord Lansdowne. In one mounting higher than six or eight feet; but gressive organs, are mistaken—decidedly so. 
circle of the wealthy and high-born. The ad- of his letters from Germany, Campbell ex- 
ciiLiG uit v » presses himself with joy to hear that a double 
vantages of a college course were scarcely open CLblbm 0 f j bg p 0ems had just been published in 
to the youth of humble means and parentage, London. “ The unexpected fifty pounds,” says 
unless his tastes and convictions of duty led he, “ saved me from jail.” Haynes Bayley died 
him to enter upon the study of theology; in m extreme poverty Similar statements are 
i-i „ +„ +v,c nf tLp various church- furnished us in relation to numerous others, mu UUUl3 UL , 01 , uumujiui/i 
which case, to the credit Of the various churcli who have> by the use of their pena> largely - 
es be it spoken, if worthy, a helping hand was con tri b uted to the enjoyment and instruction Most of our readers are aware that the pas- 
usually extended to him. Now, however, the of the people of Great Britain. It would, in- S age of the Alps between Switzerland and Sa- 
liberally educated man can be found in every deed, be difficult to find many cases in which it roy are the most dangerous of the whole 
donartment of life Not only the members of had been otherwise with persons exclusively range of the natural “ cloud-capp’d towers!” 
* ‘ „ , ,, . i pnrn p,i nrofpo. dependent on the produce of literary labor.— an( j that on the slight table-land afforded on 
BLESSINGS. 
Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name 
forever and ever. —Psalm cxlv. 2. 
Foit thousand, thousand mercies new, 
At dawn and vesper hour; 
The early and the latter dew, 
The sunshine and the shower; 
For founts of ever-springing bliss, 
For hope’s unclouded ray ; 
For life’s thrice-blessed sympathies, 
We bless Thee day by day. 
For fond affection’s richest lore, 
For household tones of mirth, 
For melodies that hourly pour 
From hearts of kindred birth; 
For many a fireside thrill of love, 
For many a joyous lay; 
For peace that emblems peace above, 
We bless Thee day by day. 
For untold sympathy that dwells 
Enshrined in love’s fond breast; 
For springs that sorrow most reveals, 
Thrice hallow’d and thrice blest 1 
For waves of blessedness that steep 
Our lot in radiant day ; 
For happiness unknown and deep, 
We bless Thee day by day. 
For hope of better things above, 
Through Him who died for all; 
For love divine,—eternal love, 
That raised us from our fail; 
For all the Christian’s holy dower. 
His anchor, hope, and stay ; 
For all, our God of love and power, 
We bless Thee day by day. 
[Written for the Rural New-Yorker.] 
RURAL MUSINGS. 
I am now seated, undisturbed (save by the 
soft breeze which plays gently around my 
brow), gazing in quiet thoughtfulness upon the 
cool, beautiful expanse of a placid lake, whose 
deep waters move with all the majesty of 11 a- 
TIIE DOGS OF ST. BERNARD. 
THE ANCIENT GIAN1S OF FINLAND. brow), gazing in quiet thoughtfulness upon the 
Bunn the French runs the legend- e » o1 ' »*“*•« of „ a P lacid 
there were the Giants; a good while before, dee P waters mote with all the majesty of na- 
we should think, by the account the Fins ture’s power, laving the soft and sandy shore 
give of their departure. The Finnish tradi- a t the foot of one of the beautiful hills of 
-in- e i +i, Q v,oo tion declares—a giant child came one dav to 
Most of our readers are aware that the pas- . , .. * 
pm a i ^ t q •, i i ib her giantess mamma, and showed her a curious 
Now and then a merry bird tries his 
3 whole 
towers!” 
iivi ma-iii uni, aim cuw»»u\--i a v^uiivud t i • .1 .1 
insect she held in her apron, and had picked tm ? ’"W skims across the Sllvei 7 waves > 
up 011 the plain. It was a plow with team occasionally dipping a portion of his plumage, 
and driver. “Alas, my child,” said mamma, as if to cool himself in the blue waters, until 
ral professions, can show their diplomas and 
bring honor to the name of their alma mater. 
The papers throughout the land, for several 
weeks past, have teemed with accounts of col¬ 
lege commencements, and nearly every institu¬ 
tion of liberal learning in the land is well sup¬ 
ported and prosperous. Full classes have 
doled out in the form of pensions on the literary 
fund .—Carey on International Copyright. 
IMPROVISATORS. 
ground for the flow of that charity which dif¬ 
ference of creed, or race, or climate, can never 
wholly dry up. And truly, it is a noble insti¬ 
tution—for the hospitable monks, though their 
revenue is scanty, open their doors to every 
their legacy—so runs the legend—they left the | friends and cousins, and participating in every 
immeasurable masses ot ore which were their [ blessing which the hand of God has bestowed 
prodigiously hot ovens and stoves, but which 
are known to the tiny race of their successors 
upon us; sometimes wandering beneath the 
as inexhaustible iron mines. They left, the trees, or among the lovely flowers, upon 
people say, such an interior warmth in that the sides and on the tops of some of their 
. . ,, f) t . A" 1 • if a j iL! • 1. oclj, SUCLL till luiisnur vvuiiuiu ill mat LUC Biuca uuu uu tuc tupa oumc ui tucii 
^frSbnl 11 ! no mSs a rare "occurrence, for in these lofty particular tract of soil that corn grows and lofty hills, which are very beautiful indeed to 
regions the traveler is often overtaken by the n P ens du " n S tke shor i t “? r . sever ^ de - me; for 1 can see the hand of the Great Crea- 
ported and prosperous. Full classes have kas th e talent of composing and reciting a re(rions the trave j er j s often overtaken by the n P eus uuru, S tuu suyi u sunm^r sevenu ue- 
j p 41 + a r suite Oi verses on a given subject immediately & i r i i Gfi’ees north of the points, in Siberia and Can- 
graduated OQ every hand, and gone forth to do and withoQt premodi Li<.n. This peeuliar tal- ™ St Sa. where no ear fs formed. The flax is the 
UUU V>ctU- , 1 j 1 . 
Phe flax is the ^ or 111 evcl T nook aud corner, and can see his 
grauuaieu uu ,v C1) ^ „ * and without premeditation. This peculiar tal- 'IV'tY; rX,.’,;;-. Gutter in Ylp ada . where no ear is formed. The flax is the cv ^ uuu, \ . 
honor to the land of their birth. If a record enb ] bug restricted, appears to belong, almost a K ^ . , V , j) (j. finest known in the world; and even the mod- smiles on every hill. 
of those graduates could be obtained, it would exclusively, to the Italian language and people, ^ x b ii;.j h ern potatoes ripen in the hoarded warmth of What a striking 
-^ -f tWMfenftW im. as 1 1 they w e J e never to^be sullied by tne^tem- tho9 ^ aucicut lireg . The m0nstr0 us salmon ,__ , ._ 
- „ . q5 ;r tRfx’v u-pi’p npvpv to be sullied bv the tem- ern potatoes ripen m the hoarded warmth ot What a striking difference between a city 
appear that a large majority of them would ea ^Almost preternatural P" st - Gn these dreadful occasions, the storm aac icut fires. Hie: monstrous salmon home and a home in the country! How much 
be found to belong to the humble ranks of P q ^ una ^ custome 5 P to hear them, arises from (: J mes onmih the swiftness of Hghtamg^drifts ™ u ' n ows with whidi those gfants more beautiful it is to behold nature in all her 
life; the sons of farmers, mechanics, and trades- the peculiar ea se and flexibility of their lan- ot snow choke up the roads, and dreadful ava- _ rrio(1 fnr tTia mnrinp ninnofpno tli** rr>n oTAri I irlorv. ever welcominer vou with a smile, than 
ers were the minnows with which those giants 
men; young men who have contributed essen- guage, and its richness in rhymes. But this 
tially to the expenses of their course by the circumstance will not wholly account for so 
works of their own hands, teaching in the win- singular a national faculty; for, about the time 
ter, and laboring at the harvest during the long l*™' 
lan- ot stl0W caoke ?? “ a < ._ r rrvin _ frPM angled for the marine monsters that roll and ! glory, ever welcoming you with a smile, than 
lanches sweep mto the valleys, earning trees . .. 0 ri> , , ° . ,. „ ., , ,. . 
and fragments of rob is before them. In these tuinbl <? in A F ctl . c ^ lh ® ™ ? swans the bus y din of a u01s y Clt y> wbere !l 0 n S' ht 13 
a- mi ^ Jiurwaiuu IU J^auu ao n wo nuuuu. C> A 1 k nV n U omi LUIU UI UIU aVVUCUJUSS UI lllilt IIIU 5 U/ WUtSU I 1 UUIU 
summer vacations. These young men are l have enjoyed considerable celebrity in .anhappy person wh,amay have been for away otcr the boun dless s,vamp, aecompa- 
made of the right stuif, and in the arduous their day from their success in this mode of S' 1 ’ 1 ,‘. 1 l 1 ' 1 .'SV iv i (.—..r .V.l.vr- n ied by the lyre accompaniments of miles of 
struggles of after life, will leave the lily-flnger- composition; but we are not aware that any ^ c tlTthe*establishment' and whose if- P ille 101,681 tll( ‘ nl sW breeze. 
od gentry, who disdain labor, and the man who of their P^ave “qmred a P—torn the ehi.Trous --- 
performs it, out of sight. There is no royal an(1 \ he Venetian States ««»J» The sagacity of these animals is re- GROWTH OF THE UNION. 
road to learning and honor in our republic; have been most famous for the production of mfkabie. Yg hen the traveler, benumbed with ;- 
the laws of primogeniture and hereditary titles improvisator!, especially Sienna and Yerona ; cold, and^ weaned m his search .for the lost ^ The census of lboO, as compiled by Mr. Be 
find no place in our statute books; and conse- in which latter city the talent seems to have 
quently, if a man would reach a lofty elevation. drift to cover him—it is then tbat tbe exquis- of the United States. In 1701 the colon! s 
he must himself climb for it these reciters was of Sienna • he flourished in docdd y and keen scent of these admirable contained a population of only 202,000 souls. 
--« -- the first half’of the 17th century. He is said do S s I s called iato a< ,' tio , u ’ The y , are sent °, ut In 1749 another estimate was made, and the 
R1PID RECKONING. to have possessed unbounded erudition, and to in pairs, and though the perishing man e result was a population of 1,046,000. In 17 i 5 
have been able to pour forth extempore poet- tw enty feet beneath the snow, the delicacy of the report was 2,803,000-being nearly 300,- 
It was our privilege, a few days since, to go ical essays on the most abtruse questions of 
through the Quincy school, Boston, which is science. There have been many distinguished 
under the charge of Charles E. Valentine, Esq. females possessed of this talent (improvisatrici). 
It is one of the largest schools in the city, Gorilla, the most celebrated of them, was of 
numbering some over 800 pupils. We had Pistoia, in Tuscany. She was the original of 
were their little singing birds; and, it the swan geen but what the hand of man hath portrayed! 
note be now held discordant-, it is through its . 
grief for its departed patrons, and tales are . 6 , 
told of the sweetness of that music when heard ^ies, where all is mve and tranquillity v\ here I 
far away over the boundless swamp, accompa- can recline beneath her own foliage, un¬ 
ified by the lyre accompaniments of miles of disturbed by any creature, and pour forth my 
pine lorest swept by the night breeze. thanks to Him who has watched over and pro- 
- tected me through life—to Him who has been 
GROWTH OF THE UNION. my guardian friend; aye, more than guardian 
m c .. v , , r tx friend, my Saviour and my God, hoping ever 
The census of lboO, as compiled by Mr. Ue ... . r ° 
Bow, develops some wonderful and interesting to live so as to merit his approbation, e. a. b. 
Lifts in regard tn the ranid arowth and extent Tu ^b'> ^ > 18.1854. 
RAPID RECKONING. 
THE REPRESENTATIVES. 
A rich youth in Rome w r as suffering from 
a dangerous illness; at length he recovered and 
regained his health. Then he went for the 
first time into the garden, feeling, as it were, 
born again; aud praised God with aloud voice. 
He turned his face to heaven, and said; “O, 
thou all-sufficient Creator, could man recom- 
numbering some over 800 pupils. We had Pistoia, in Tuscany. She was the original of ... ,_ ~ n rz~~’ ~ . ,7,7, W-:-’ mou au-suiueiem, ^reaiur, eouiu man recum- 
but little time to stop, but in one of the rooms, Madame de St ad’s Corinnc. She received in vide for the chance la ie . °§^ w ' twenty-;five; m 1 h _(, twenty-seven; in p ense Thee, how willingly would I give Thee 
under the care of Mies Simouds. a real live 1776 the laureate crown at Rome, an honor S '“I 840 - thirty; and. m Su my possessions!” 
teacher, we saw a little the tallest specimen of which had also been accorded, to Perfetti.—- k!!" P intinc. P mnn v.^w.Aa.tT'A i- !!’ 'l. 11 Hernias, who was called the herdman, heard 
m " ' ' ^ ' is, aud said to the rich youth : “All good 
n of which had also been accorded to Perfetti.— traveler, one ol them has a du ^ k o S P 1U 3 1B50, thirty-six. W e have now thirty-nine, Hermas, who was called the herdman, heard 
rapid mental reckoning that it was ever our Germany is said to have produced one noted ar0,md bis neck, to which the fainting man having added to the list Nebraska, Kansas, and this, and said to the rich youth : “All good 
privilege to witness. For instance, the teacher improvisatrice, Anna Louisa Karsch. There Q a y a PP }’ or suppor , an 6 Washington. . gifts come from above; thither thou caust send 
gave out the following question o ; something appears no reason why the term improvisation cfoak to wver him ihe dog of the Great bt Our territorial extent, says Mr DeBow, is S othing . Come, follow me.” 
like it for we only speak from memory. Take should not also be applied to the delivery of Bernard, a spot 8000 feet a jo e e nearly ten times as large as that of Gieat But- The youth followed the pious old man, who 
64-ladd 20—divide that by 2—multiply that unpremeditated discourses in prose. It is the tbl r s f a ’ 13 11K | ea< ^ beaab au \, an< ..! ranc ® ^°“ biacd ul_ took Dim to a dark hut, where was nothing but 
ter was 
mother 
Hernias 
nroblem had been put as fast as even a woman seuted to possess it in a high degree. In Eu- . ,. * „ ' e ,,_ “v.—— - j —---i— saia; "Dee nere an uiiar lur uiv sucnuce.— 
could talk. So ready was the answer, that we rope, it is most generally to be found iii the f acubies oi this fine specimen o o. " lies in Europe; of equal extent with the Roniau g ee Lere the Lord’s brethren and representa- 
could not believe those lads capable of reckon- pulpit Public secular oratory of this unpre- “g been sharpened^ by generations of training Empire, or that of Alexander, neither of which tiv( , s -> 
„ cx .ovxidi-rr nvwi oiirx.x/xcor) tLpv Lo.1 /iffpri TYiofut&tf>8 8AKf»rint.5nn i« far iririrft common in aad experience, it is not surprising 1 n il exceeded three millions of squaie miles. Y\ e 'j'hen the rich youth assisted them bounti- 
intelligence should be so highly developed, have an ocean and a gulf shore line of 12,609 ful w rJoHded for the sick man’s wants.- 
merely from memory. But after repeated cultivated, than in any continental country. that actually a km o anguage las een es- miles, an inland shore line of 9,-47 miles, a ti- ^ud the iioor peojile blessed him and called 
questions, we were convinced it was no cheat, _ *_ tabbed between them and the monks. . dal flow ot 11,213 .and an inland river steam. hiin au an P ge l 0 f tied. 
though to save our life, we could not answer r , The instructive intelligence of these dogs is boat navigation of 47,355 miles.— JVashing- Hennas smiled, and said; “Thus turn al¬ 
as they did. There w r as one boy especially, . -A- Y ord to Boys.— Y ou were made to be shown by the curious fact, that if a whelp be ton Sentinel. ways thy grateful countenance first to heaven 
who eclipsed all the “ready reckoners ” we ever kind and generous. It there is a boy at school placed upon the snow for the first time, it will ‘ * “ and then to earth.”— Rrummacher. 
saw His name was Timothy Crowley, the son who has a club foot, don’t let him know you begin to scratch, and snuff about as if in search YVonders of the Insect YYorld. —In a ^^ ^_ 
of an Irisli laborer, and on being asked his age, 
he answered, “Nine, next Fourth of July , sir,” 
who has a club foot, don’t let him know you begin to scratch, and snuff about as if in search YVonders of the Insect YVori.d.—I n a 
ever saw it If there is a boy with ragged of something. Asia the human community, so work published about 1836, the object of 
clothes, don’t talk about rags in his hearing. j u the canine, there are degrees of excellence; which was to indicate to the weavers, inlayers, 
Hermas smiled, and said; “Thus turn al¬ 
ways thy grateful countenance first to heaven 
and then to earth.”— Rrummacher. 
Beautiful Extract. —“ YVhatever we can 
do of good in this world with our affections or 
young pupils thus acquire is really surprising. 
YVe hope our visiting friends will go and see 
for themselves what we saw. 
YVise Men mingle mirth with their cares, as 
a hold either to forget or overcome them; but 
Yirtue is not the less venerable for being to resort to intoxication for the ease of one’s when he humbles 
out of fashion.— Sir R. L 1 Estrange. 
mind, is to cure melancholy by madness. 
‘ iao j i Yu • Y V7/„ scopically the many saws, darts, knives, and the pertectest Harmony with tn.e anthem oi me 
organs, we have heard all their tunes. Colton. cut ti n g, piercing, and tearing pieces of angel choir? A solemn and awful question!— 
------ apparatus with which many of the members of Let your own heart answer it: and then say, 
A man only takes satisfaction and revenge, the insect world are furnished, great improve- may not the obscurest life be dignified by a 
when he humbles his enemy, and forces him to ments in our tools would be the result— ddarn lasting aspiration, and dedicated to a noble 
submission.— Charron. White. 11 bu ’ 
